Warning! Bot will drop your items

[masivb]

This is a warning for all you botters if you didn't know already. If your character has used a "STRENGTH GLITCH" or any type of "STAT GLITCH" to put on gear, EXAMPLE: having STRENGTH amulet, rings or charms, than swapping them once you can wear the gear. IF YOU DIE, in the next game, ALL OF THE GLITCHED GEAR will be in your inventory and the bot WILL DROP EVERYTHING ON THE GROUND. I had to find this out the hard way. Pretty stupid in my opinion. I am using etal latest version by the way.

[comper]

This is a warning for all you botters if you didn't know already. If your character has used a "STRENGTH GLITCH" or any type of "STAT GLITCH" to put on gear, EXAMPLE: having STRENGTH amulet, rings or charms, than swapping them once you can wear the gear. IF YOU DIE, in the next game, ALL OF THE GLITCHED GEAR will be in your inventory and the bot WILL DROP EVERYTHING ON THE GROUND. I had to find this out the hard way. Pretty stupid in my opinion. I am using etal latest version by the way.

sorry to hear about your gear if you lost any - but hope you are not blaming etal for that because it is a well known fact about glitch str your char even if you don't use a bot that if you die you might not be able to pick up all your gear at once without putting some back on yourself and then pick up the rest - and thanks for pointing this out for other ppl to know this and it could happen to them
thanks

[masivb]

I am not blaming etal. I think etal is great. My only concern is that I never saw any warning or notification that this is a known issue. Therefore I feel people should know NOT to use STR glitch if you are using the bot.

And I did lose a lot of good gear. Including perf spirit monarch, perf chains of honor, and almost perf hoto. I use STR and DEX glitch on all my characters but now I know I cannot if I am using etal.

IMO, a fix for this would be that every NEXT GAME, that you previously died in, there is a inventory check, and you put all the gear from inventory in the stash. Uniques and Runewords in particular. If there is no space. Stop the bot.

I think this is a serious issue and has happen to a lot of people.

[Mythosis]

Well, while I do love the BUYER BEWARE common-sense, I agree that bots SHOULD come with a warning. That being said...
You wouldn't accept a program from a guy on the street to hack into your investment portfolio and automate sales and buys for you, at least not for any account worth more then ten dollars. So why would you let a random internet person do the same to your game?
Always make a dummy account before testing a hack/bot/program, and always watch it work sufficiently before trusting it alone.

In the case of D2 bots.
New account to test that bot is legit. When confirmed,
Test everything you can think of on a low-cost sorc (tele). Never let an automated program run without watching it do its work first.
In the past, there have been 'bots' released which joined a game and dropped all your items, ALL of them, then quit and deleted your character. Some joined pre-made games where a bot picked up items, some just created a game and dumped ur shit. Either way, you got screwed. Don't get screwed (unless you want to).

[Tap]

With alittle bit of research this could have been prevented.
This has only been a known issue with botting since about 1999